The Lord gave us Ten Commandments, but the bill before the House today gives us 39.

40 percent of North Korean children suffer from stunted growth. 20 percent are underweight.

Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial and military support, and the faith of Iraqi citizens in their new government has been severely undermined.

The Chinese leadership hoped that the world would soon forget the Tiananmen Square massacre. Our job in Congress is to ensure that we never forget those who lost their lives in Tiananmen Square that day or the pro-democracy cause for which they fought.

So rather than face the bitter truth, China has placed severe restrictions on the Internet and enlisted America's high-tech companies as their Internet police.

We are optimistic, but we are optimistic in a cautious fashion.

The patience of the American public with dilatory diplomatic delays will be very limited.